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Purpose

This template can be used to add a header to articles about FamilySearch Historical Record Collections available to search or browse. Using the template it is possible to add a link in the wiki inviting users to search or browse the records described in the article.

When the site changed from beta to production, articles that had used this template were updated with a single edit to the {{RecordSearch}} template.

Parameters

CID

The reference for the collection, including the prefix CID optional.If included this parameter must be formatted like {{FamilySearch Collection|CID=CIDxxxxxxx }}.NOTE: There is a space after the reference and before the closing braces (or following parameters). It is important to include a space as this is the format used by FamilySearch to link to the article in question. If the space is missing the link will not be found.

title

The text to be displayed in the link. optional

NOTE: If either of the parameters, CID or title are omitted the URL for the site will be displayed.